I made the mango and rice salad for our big Christmas Eve family gathering and it was a hit! I was a little concerned about there being no real dressing, but it was super flavourful anyway. I almost had to fight my German uncle for the last of it (but I let him have it anyway- it's not often you'll find Germans going for salad over hot food on Christmas, and who am I to get in the way of that kind of Christmas miracle?).

I made the parsnip dumplings in broth to use up some our remaining winter roots stash. I used 1 tbsp soy flour and 1 tbsp water for the egg. The soup was AMAZING ! I've never put prunes in a broth before, but the resulting depth of flavour was the best vegetable broth I've ever made.

The Kindle version of Plenty is still available on Amazon.com for $3.15 US. There is a PC version of Kindle you can download to a PC.

Did a bit of online research and it appears that at least some recipes, like the Veg Broth, are different in the US version of Plenty.

However, using prunes to add depth to vegetable broth is something that Yotam has done for years. His Hot and Sour Mushroom Soup recipe is next on my list to try and it has 12 prunes in the broth, right along side the star anise and lemongrass.

it's not often you'll find Germans going for salad over hot food on Christmas

that kinda rubs me in the wrong way...

Haha, no offence meant! My family are just pretty traditional eaters (huge, meat-heavy breakfasts and hot lunches, no matter what the weather), and on the many Christmases I've spent with them both here and over there, salad hasn't been a favourite. Except for potato salad, but that's like it's own food group.

Made the quinoa salad with radishes and fava beans and avocado. Pretty good, but not super exciting? I couldn't find favas (fresh OR frozen. Whole Foods, what the hell.) so I just used frozen baby lima beans.

I think pretty soon I'll have made almost everything from this book that doesn't have a big cheese or egg component.

The black pepper tofu is insanely delicious. Like chinese takeout satisfying but 10x better. I could eat it every day but it takes about half a container of earth balance so I try to be somewhat restrained.

The black pepper tofu is insanely delicious. Like chinese takeout satisfying but 10x better. I could eat it every day but it takes about half a container of earth balance so I try to be somewhat restrained.

I cut the margarine way down when I made it, like I used less than half the amount given, and it was still ridiculously good! I really need to make it again.

The black pepper tofu is insanely delicious. Like chinese takeout satisfying but 10x better. I could eat it every day but it takes about half a container of earth balance so I try to be somewhat restrained.

I cut the margarine way down when I made it, like I used less than half the amount given, and it was still ridiculously good! I really need to make it again.

Good to know.

I made the sweet potato cakes yesterday. Was worried they wouldn't be flavorful enough for me, but they're pretty dang tasty. Winged it with the sauce: silken tofu + lime juice + cilantro + pepper + ume vinegar + a little veganaise and water. Ended up being tasty.

I made the paella yesterday and liked it a lot. For the oil I used annato-infused olive oil since I figured that it could only help with the colour and left out the olives because I did not want to open a new jar. Oh, and I used cilantro instead of parsley because it needed using up.

It was really flavourful and I liked the preparation method a lot where the tomatoes and broad beans were added later and the tomatoes were so nice and melty and aromatic! Peeling broad beans is a huge pain in the asparagus though.

I made the parsnip dumplings in broth to use up some our remaining winter roots stash. I used 1 tbsp soy flour and 1 tbsp water for the egg. The soup was AMAZING ! I've never put prunes in a broth before, but the resulting depth of flavour was the best vegetable broth I've ever made.

The Kindle version of Plenty is still available on Amazon.com for $3.15 US. There is a PC version of Kindle you can download to a PC.

I just got 'Plenty' from the library, and I think this will be the first recipe I make. Sounds delicious!

I've made the Soba noodles with Aubergine and Mango- delish, delish!The Black peper tofu- Really yummy but I was crying because of the amount of black pepper i put in. Next time i'll cut it waaay downThe ratatouille- tasty, easy.The caramelised gralic tart- My favourite! I made it back when i was still vegetarian so i used the recipe as it is. I don't know how to veganise this? I'll look at the recipe again and see what i can do.The ribollita sounds tasty...